On frozen ponds: the impact of climate change on hosting pond hockey tournaments

The case follows Scott Crowder, the founder of the Pond Hockey Classic, and details the challenges he confronts in organizing pond hockey tournaments. The case emphasizes the key issues of climate change and its impact on organizing an outdoor event which is reliant on arctic weather conditions that...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sport Management Review
Main Authors: Fairley, Sheranne, Ruhanen, Lisa, Lovegrove, Hannah
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Subjects:
Climate change
Event management
Sport tourism
Nostalgia
1403 Business and International Management
1406 Marketing
1407 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
1408 Strategy and Management
1409 Tourism
Leisure and Hospitality Management
1803 Management Science and Operations Research
Arctic
Crowder
Online Access:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:370968
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Summary:The case follows Scott Crowder, the founder of the Pond Hockey Classic, and details the challenges he confronts in organizing pond hockey tournaments. The case emphasizes the key issues of climate change and its impact on organizing an outdoor event which is reliant on arctic weather conditions that freeze large bodies of water, including lakes. The case also considers the implications and impacts of the unstable and unpredictable weather conditions on planning and managing events and on sport tourism.

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